Editor’s Note: Back again for another year of his “Zimm’s Corner” monthly report on the hometown Washington Nationals, HTTD writer Patrick Rice takes an early look at the Washington Nationals’ 2017 season to date.

About 10 days from now, the Washington Redskins will head into the 2017 NFL Draft with nine picks at their disposal, and a whole lot of needs to fill (even if the team did finish with a winning record last season).

Today marks the two-weeks-away point from my favorite day of the year: the first round of the NFL Draft. This is also right about the time when we can really get a good sense of what teams might or might not do in the first round.